Receptacle



N. SKIDELSKY May 17, 1938.

RECEPTACLE Original Filed July 22, 1932 INVENTOR /V//V/) 5k/DEL5KY BY M ATTO EY Patented May 17, 1938 RECEPTACLE Nina Skidelsky, New York, N. Y., assignor to Changette, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Original application July 22, .1932, Serial No.

Divided and this application September 27, 1934, Serial No. 745,749

3 Claims.

My invention relates to receptacles, especially those from which contents can be quickly removed.

There are many occasions when it is necessary to withdraw from a receptacle, that which it contains, in the shortest possible length of time. It is an object of this invention to provide a receptacle which can be manipulated, and from which its contained objects can be withdrawn,

)0 with the utmost dispatch.

While my receptacle is particularly valuable as a rapidly acting coin holding device, it is provided with internal contents holding means and external fasteners and is generally useful for holding many types of objects (other than coins) which a user may desire to have around ones person.

In addition to the above mechanical features, taken separately and in co-acting combinational relation with each other, my receptacle includes preferably a sliding cover used in conjunction with a side and/or end door to perform its function of rapidly releasing its contents.

This application is a divisional application of U. S. patent application, filed July 22, 1932, Serial Number 623,947.

Other uses and objects will appear in the following specification and drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete receptacle, used in this instance for coins.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the coin holding portion with a spring member mounted within it for the purpose of retaining the coins in position.

Figure 3 is a rear perspective View of the coin holding portion shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a rear perspective view of the slidable cover shown in Figure 1.

Referring to Figure 1, the coin holder I0 com- 40 prises a box like structure consisting of a rear wall l2, side wall I4|4, a bottom wall I6 and a hinged top wall 18. The hinge 20 about which the top wall is pivoted, is provided with a spring member 22 to retain said top wall in a normally 45 closed position, as is best shown in Figure 3. In Figure 2, member I8 is shown held in an abnormal open position. A slidable cover 24 comprises a front wall 26, side wall 28-28 and rear flanges 3030, which cover is adapted to slide over the 50 top of the holder l0 and remain engaged therewith due to its frictional engagement. The said cover 24 is adapted to be moved upward and downward over the holder H] by grasping the cover with the hand, and if desired the cover 55 may be provided with a means to prevent the hand from slipping, such as the protrusion 32 projecting outward from the front wall 26. Two lugs 34--34 are pressed inward at the upper end of the wall 26 to prevent the cover 24 from being entirely removed from the holder 10, the said lugs 5 coming into engagement with the bottom wall l6 when the cover is withdrawn to its lowermost position.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that an exceedingly simplified form of structure has been 10 provided to hold objects which can be manipulated with ease and with extreme rapidity.

When used as a coin holding device, the operation comprises the downward movement of the cover 24 until a coin is exposed, then 15 sliding said coin upward past the hinged top to remove the same, and reclosing said coin holder by sliding the cover upward again.

A coin retaining member 46 may also be provided to engage the edges of the coins as indi- G cated in Figure 2 which comprises a leaf spring held in engagement with the side wall 24 by the overturned ends 48-48 of said wall which projects into the path of the said coin edges.

It is understood that while the forms shown are preferred forms of structure, other forms may be made which come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A receptacle comprising an article holding box open at its top and at one end, a normally closed spring-controlled hinged closure for the open end of the box and being carried thereby, a cover member for the open top side of the box slidable thereover, means for limiting the slidable movement of the cover in one direction, and article retention means arranged within the box, the articles being forcibly ejected from the box by moving the same against and across the hinged closure when the cover is moved to an article 40 uncovering position.

2. A receptacle comprising an article holding box including a bottom and side walls, a cover for the open top side of the box, the end portions of one side wall being turned inwardly, and a leaf spring extending along the aforesaid side wall on the inside of the box and having its ends held in position by the inturned ends of the aforesaid side wall, said leaf spring coacting with the opposite side wall of the box to retain the arti- 50 cles in the box against casual displacement therefrom.

3. A receptacle comprising an article holding box including a bottom, side Walls and one end wall, a closure for the open end of the box hinged displacement, the hinged closure adapted to be moved to an open position when the articles are forcibly moved against and across the closure when ejecting the articles from the box with the slidable cover disposed in an article uncovering 5 position.

NINA SKIDELSKY. 

